Islamabad: PTI leaders fired off warnings in early hours of Monday, saying their leader would be a “red line”, as reports of Imran Khan’s imminent arrest made rounds. Development came after PTI Chief was booked under Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) regarding his comments at his Islamabad rally .

A Twitter trend quickly gained traction, gathering 140,000 retweets at time of this report saying: “Imran Khan hamari red line”.

A number of supporters converged on Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence in solidarity with their leader. PTI’s official Twitter account tweeted Fawad Chaudhry with a number of workers at residence, with former minister insisting Khan was at home and “hundreds of workers had reached”. Close associates of former prime minister, like Murad Saeed, separately announced on Twitter that arrest orders had been issued for Imran, as he urged supporters to “get out for sake of Pakistan”.

Fellow leaders asked people to converge at various locations in their respective cities with Hammad Azhar calling on them to rally at Lahore’s Liberty Chowk, while Farrukh Habib urged people to gather at Faisalabad’s Samandari Road. Ali Amin Gandapur threatened taking over Islamabad, as he warned police to not be a “part of this political war anymore”.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 22 2022

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